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    Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Dr Ian Paisley has died, his wife Eileen says. He was 88 years old. BBC News NI Political Reporter Stephen Walker looks back at the political career of former DUP leader, Ian Paisley.
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Komentáře • 189

  • @malcolmnicoll1165
    @malcolmnicoll1165 Před 5 lety +68

    In the end, Paisley and McGuinness did the right thing and made peace with one another and set the stage for a peaceful, stable Northern Ireland based on mutual respect and letting go of the painful past.

  • @OldManRogers
    @OldManRogers Před 3 měsíci +2

    They negotiated, and talked and fought and argued and laughed and probably cried... but in the end they got in the same room and we are so far along the road to peace that going back is unthinkable.

  • @aglennane
    @aglennane Před 10 lety +21

    If he opposed Catholic Civil Rights, then how the hell was he a peacemaker!?!

    • @sophiehawthorne9074
      @sophiehawthorne9074 Před 4 lety +1

      Adam Glennane to allow his people to live!

    • @oog2370
      @oog2370 Před 4 lety +4

      @@sophiehawthorne9074 his people? His people belong in the so called main land

  • @irishrepublican3739
    @irishrepublican3739 Před 4 lety +54

    He wised up toward the end. Fair play, Rest In Peace 🇮🇪🤝🇬🇧

    • @mauriceosullivan6832
      @mauriceosullivan6832 Před 2 lety +2

      Age mellows people,,,and big back handers.

    • @indigo8021
      @indigo8021 Před rokem

      @@mauriceosullivan6832away n back hander yer own face

    • @onnnbbb
      @onnnbbb Před rokem

      Wise up dont call yourself a republican your nothing but a sellout like the rest of them spouting that shite the man hated us as we did him and his kind and no i dont mean Protestant's i mean hate filled ignorant bigots, he probably turned on his heel knowing he wasn't getting any younger but that doesn't excuse the vile troll, the failure of a man he was

    • @Warden1869
      @Warden1869 Před 3 měsíci

      No allegiance to a foreign king!

  • @sallysmith1484
    @sallysmith1484 Před 10 lety +46

    He was a man who stood up for his own people in difficult times - for that he deserves respect. Of course the haters are just going to hate him regardless.
    R.I.P. Dr. Paisley.

    • @enybanu7507
      @enybanu7507 Před 6 lety +1

      Sally Smith ...he' s already stay with Judas Iscariot

    • @anniegrath1417
      @anniegrath1417 Před rokem

      He hated the catholic community in Northern Ireland and he interrupted the European Parliament in 1988 and called the pope an antichrist, I know he mellowed in later years for the good of all communities in NI but he had very bigoted views for a long time.

    • @alexvodka6480
      @alexvodka6480 Před 10 měsíci +2

      He tried to suppress the other community and Paisley voiced hate

  • @codboss7092
    @codboss7092 Před 4 lety +14

    i aint irish but he did spit on the pope, and called him the antichrist. i dont know how "civilised" or "great" a man is who doesnt respect or want to see the other's point of view

    • @Stephen-px4eg
      @Stephen-px4eg Před 3 lety +1

      Which is true

    • @foundationgamer9771
      @foundationgamer9771 Před rokem

      Because not everyone is a Catholic

    • @codboss7092
      @codboss7092 Před rokem +1

      @@foundationgamer9771 im not a catholic either im a protestant. Yet i still wouldnt disrespect other's beliefs

    • @foundationgamer9771
      @foundationgamer9771 Před rokem

      @@codboss7092 We do live a society of free speech.

    • @codboss7092
      @codboss7092 Před rokem +1

      @@foundationgamer9771 you dont say. I never said it should be illegal. That doesnt mean that disrespecting people is something acceptable. Its one thing to disagree with someone or an ideology and voice it but throwing insults and behaving like an animal is something else. People who can show no respect should get no respect

  • @gezzarandom
    @gezzarandom Před 8 lety +15

    He was the best recruitment tool for the IRA, why do you think they never targeted him?

    • @firstroundboxing7649
      @firstroundboxing7649 Před 2 lety

      Pretty sure they did and are you implying all their "targets" were legit? They killed and tortured innocent people and killed women and children.

  • @oscarrivera8660
    @oscarrivera8660 Před 10 lety +65

    I love this man....brave man of God

    • @oscarrivera8660
      @oscarrivera8660 Před 10 lety

      No rude words allowed

    • @icemanire5467
      @icemanire5467 Před 10 lety +12

      Oscar Rivera
      You deleted my comment because you saw multiple people agreed with me . Rude words? I suggest you research this evil piece of bigoted trashes quotes regarding Irish and Catholics , He caused a lot of the tension in Northern Ireland many deaths attributed to him . I think Ted Bundy has a better chance of seeing heaven .

    • @oscarrivera8660
      @oscarrivera8660 Před 10 lety

      Ok man thats your right to xpress in that way but not bad words in my channel please.

    • @ogrebattle22763
      @ogrebattle22763 Před 6 lety +4

      The agitator of hate during the troubles.... this man was all about hate... nothing more.....

    • @andrewbrand2433
      @andrewbrand2433 Před 6 lety +3

      Devil and sectarian bigot.

  • @nelvaldo.4850
    @nelvaldo.4850 Před 2 lety +8

    God bless The Republic of Ireland!!!
    God bless Great Britain!!!
    🇨🇮🇬🇧❤❤.
    Only love can truly save us!!!!!!

    • @alanbbrady8196
      @alanbbrady8196 Před 2 lety +1

      Are you drunk?

    • @nelvaldo.4850
      @nelvaldo.4850 Před 2 lety +7

      @@alanbbrady8196 Move on.

    • @mikehanlon530
      @mikehanlon530 Před 2 lety

      What about the north of Ireland, you only said the Republic of Ireland and Britain what about them

    • @nelvaldo.4850
      @nelvaldo.4850 Před 2 lety

      @@mikehanlon530 North of Ireland is part of great Britain or ehhh UK!!
      God bless North of Ireland then🙈🇬🇧🇮🇪

    • @mikehanlon530
      @mikehanlon530 Před 2 lety

      @@nelvaldo.4850 yes test nice god bless them but wouldn't freedom be nice for for Ireland just like Ukraine. Ireland likes freedom.

  • @Tehgoat
    @Tehgoat Před 10 lety +13

    At least he wised up towards the end.
    the life peerage also helped lol

  • @Nintega94
    @Nintega94 Před 7 lety +27

    Top tier bantermaster. Sorely missed.

  • @DeirdreCatherineDoyle
    @DeirdreCatherineDoyle Před měsícem +1

    My nan would have one word 'EEJITS'.

  • @STHFGDBY
    @STHFGDBY Před 10 lety +27

    I detested the man with a passion during the war but in the end he turned to peace and peaceful ways, Him and Martin were the worst of enemies who became good friends hence the name Chuckle Brothers, They never stopped slagging each other and joking till the end. If those two can find peace then we all can.. RIP Ian thanks for being a man and for making peace with your biggest enemy..

    • @DeirdreCatherineDoyle
      @DeirdreCatherineDoyle Před měsícem

      OK YOU MAKE THEM SOUND LIKE THE MARKS BROTHERS! GLAD THEY WERE HAVING FUN AND BEING PAID TO CONFOUND,

  • @kildaregavin1
    @kildaregavin1 Před 10 lety +12

    I wouldn't normally celebrate someone's death , BUT ........................

  • @dontworryaboutit-3455
    @dontworryaboutit-3455 Před rokem +3

    is peaca é bás duine éigin a cheiliúradh, ach an uair seo….

  • @malcolmabram2957
    @malcolmabram2957 Před 3 lety +19

    I was once on a regeneration board for the Coleraine region of N. Ireland. We once had Ian Paisley visit us. I was pleasantly taken back at how he different he was in private, compared to how he was portrayed in the media. A modest, caring, listening and intelligent man.

    • @2randomblackmen
      @2randomblackmen Před rokem +3

      And yet that public persona led to the deaths of thousands. He may have turned to peace at the end, but he was responsible for starting the war in the first place. I truly hope at the end, he was sorry for what he put both communities through with his need for power and respect. If not, then the place he spoke of in the pulpit about punishment shall be his then

  • @barbfrmsf
    @barbfrmsf Před 10 lety +19

    may he rest in peace

    • @irenemax3574
      @irenemax3574 Před 3 lety +2

      It would be fitting if he discovered that there really is a Purgatory, and he will have to spend aeons there to atone for his mortal (big) sins.

  • @lgbtdestruction.9858
    @lgbtdestruction.9858 Před 3 lety +4

    He honestly reminds me of Hitler.

  • @rhdemon
    @rhdemon Před 5 lety +6

    I should care for cheddar cheese and pineapple on a stick

  • @Tphilpott1
    @Tphilpott1 Před 10 lety +13

    Ian Paisley was a vile human being. His pronouncements caused deaths, countless deaths. His religion, his sense of isolationist nationhood, his view of Biblical inerrancy was a validation to the utter, abyssmal ignorance of those who followed him, to those who hung on his words and acted upon his words. It matters not that Bertie Ahern shared a graveside moment of prayer with him. Because Paisley’s prayers were prayers of hate.
    Just like Adams’ prayers were prayers of hate wrapped in polemic. Wrapped in idealised romantic nationalism.
    It all meant that their thoughts led to innocents being wrapped in the cerements of the grave.

  • @omen828
    @omen828 Před 10 lety +27

    So farewell then Ian Paisley, die-hard Ulster Unionist and demagogue turned "Chucklebrother." "NEVER!" That was your oft-repeated catchphrase. Perhaps, as things turned out, it should have been more prudently replaced with "MAYBE!" and then "OH WELL, OKAY THEN."

  • @johnbrowne3950
    @johnbrowne3950 Před 2 lety +4

    God bless Ian Paisley. We could sure use this man today. No compromise on the Gospel.

  • @PwnZombie
    @PwnZombie Před 7 lety +8

    Rest in peace, hero.

  • @MultiDonard
    @MultiDonard Před 10 lety +4

    he made lots of money out of the irish conflict and his negative religion

  • @martinpotter2272
    @martinpotter2272 Před 2 lety +4

    A great man

  • @Jaujau933
    @Jaujau933 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Northern Irelands biggest mouth 😱

  • @aodhfinn
    @aodhfinn Před 10 lety +7

    a man that truely lives/lved up to the memory ... of TRUTH ... Great life , troubled , but ulimately .. bright ...............SUN LIGHT.

  • @angloaust1575
    @angloaust1575 Před 2 lety +1

    Politics and preaching dont mix well!

  • @RawHeadRay
    @RawHeadRay Před 10 lety +5

    Ireland says YESSSSSSSS!!!!!

  • @belfastwildchild
    @belfastwildchild Před 3 lety +4

    Sure is hot where he is going

  • @fgordon5575
    @fgordon5575 Před 3 lety +3

    RIP King

  • @paulnobel6241
    @paulnobel6241 Před 10 lety +9

    a peacemaker ? Dr no ? Dr never ?

  • @iainmclaughlan1557
    @iainmclaughlan1557 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I had lunch with him in August 2001, he was a kind person.

  • @vinlennox7658
    @vinlennox7658 Před 3 lety

    Paisley supported the Good Friday Agreement when he was on top.
    Otherwise the outright opposite.

  • @alanbbrady8196
    @alanbbrady8196 Před 2 lety +3

    A peacemaker?
    Try " uncompromising narcissist"

  • @patrickmcguire1085
    @patrickmcguire1085 Před 4 lety +6

    God Save the Queen.

  • @flipper2392
    @flipper2392 Před 2 lety +8

    I always wanted his voice on my satnav.

    • @shanebell2514
      @shanebell2514 Před 2 lety +1

      thats the funniest comment in a while so it is.

  • @alindaalexander5198
    @alindaalexander5198 Před 3 lety +2

    Yay!!!

  • @christiankalinkina239
    @christiankalinkina239 Před 2 lety

    Be a mccracken not a paisley -me

  • @Raelspark
    @Raelspark Před 10 lety +1

    Well, I know what the IRA advocates think of him. How about the Protestants? Unionists? Did he help Northern Ireland, or hurt it? I am from New York City, and not Irish, but I have followed the story of the troubles since the 1980s. Enlighten me.

    • @Oliver9402
      @Oliver9402 Před 10 lety +12

      A lot of people would blame him as partly responsible for the decades of violence as he stoked up anti catholic hatred and paranoia amongst protestants in Northern Ireland that led to catholics being attacked by protestant mobs and driven out of their homes which in turn led to the birth of the provisional IRA and the continued violence brought down the protestant run government of Northern Ireland. In many ways he was most responsible for destroying the protestant rule there and he completely undermined it by opposing any efforts to give Catholics better conditions. So in an odd way he did he own community the most harm as he lost them power,

    • @davidembacher1682
      @davidembacher1682 Před 10 lety +3

      Olly There's a lot of truth in that; I remember discussing Paisley with some lads from Dublin a good few years ago and I was expecting an outburst of hate but actually they said he was a gift to the nationalists, with a bit of panto thrown in for good measure!

    • @Oliver9402
      @Oliver9402 Před 10 lety

      It's better known as Celtic F.C.

    • @davidembacher1682
      @davidembacher1682 Před 10 lety +2

      ***** Probably IRA "supporters" would be a more apt phrase in this case, than "fans," which is normally associated with sports and music stars etc. I guess you dare asking what is the significance of this man for IRA supporters? The significance is that he helped to create a lot of them. You may or may not ne aware but there was actually a Civil Rights movement in Northern Ireland during Paisley's early career; it was created to represent the Irish Nationalist predominantly catholic community (the original indigenous population I might add) who had been subjugated and repressed by the Unionist protestants to the extent that they were unable to have access to council housing, proper schooling, and many avenues of employment had been closed to them. They even had fewer voting rights, and the electoral boundaries had been moved and rigged by the Unionists in such a way as to ensure that Nationalist candidates would have no chance of gaining a majority in the NI Assembly. I recall an interview in which Paisley, by then a prominent figure if not leader of the Unionists, was pressed on this and he refused to acknowledge the grievances of the Nationalis catholic community; he also maintained that they should have less voting rights. Set against this background, the Civil Rights movement hit the buffers and went up in smoke; when the smoke cleared there was standing a man in black carrying an Armalite rifle, and the rest was history...

    • @celtbell
      @celtbell Před 10 lety +4

      a shit stirring rabble rousing trouble making hate filled rotten bigoted racist shite bag

  • @Waynebridgeof
    @Waynebridgeof Před 2 lety

    Never ever ever never 2022… the tables turn

  • @user-iq4kl8wi7p
    @user-iq4kl8wi7p Před 5 měsíci

    Ascended Master

  • @FSCforal
    @FSCforal Před 13 dny

    Mrs budfield!

  • @bruceleroyhoffman
    @bruceleroyhoffman Před 8 lety +5

    Paisley wanted blood, he did get it.

  • @DeirdreCatherineDoyle
    @DeirdreCatherineDoyle Před měsícem

    Aggressive accents all of them.

  • @martinhal-fead84933
    @martinhal-fead84933 Před 2 měsíci

    🦀

  • @mn5499
    @mn5499 Před 2 lety +4

    🇬🇧 Union forever

    • @mn5499
      @mn5499 Před rokem

      @F. Murphy Yes, its clearly a statement of its longevity.

  • @callumfitzpatrick4973
    @callumfitzpatrick4973 Před 2 lety +3

    Still looked good right to the end with his huge frame and chiselled jaw.

  • @donaldj.trunnp3479
    @donaldj.trunnp3479 Před 2 lety

    the pope did this

  • @VLSMITH1000
    @VLSMITH1000 Před 10 lety +3

    R.I.P. Mr.Paisley! Things do change but not God and his laws. In a future time the Catholic Church and their terrorists and such will be all gone for good. May you return with Christ to being truth and justice to the world!

  • @malachigrindle7063
    @malachigrindle7063 Před rokem

    👑👢😋

  • @taiterobinson793
    @taiterobinson793 Před 5 lety +1

    If only the geographical landmass of Ireland didn’t exist

    • @Creed_Bratton
      @Creed_Bratton Před 4 lety +1

      It'sTaite wats wrong with Ireland. It’s Northern Ireland that shouldn’t exist even tho I live here myself

  • @gasserkarin6464
    @gasserkarin6464 Před 10 lety +4

    finally dead!!!!

  • @rangerslad.6094
    @rangerslad.6094 Před 2 lety +1

    WATP 🇬🇧

  • @TexanIndependence
    @TexanIndependence Před 10 lety

    Rest in peace, Ian Paisley. Perhaps God didn't want you to have to live to see Great Britain destroyed tomorrow (assuming a Yes vote).

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 Před 5 lety +2

      He won't see United Ireland sad it's happening very soon.

    • @samwalsh8299
      @samwalsh8299 Před 3 lety

      @@RobertK1993 united Ireland is not happening soon

    • @prophetmaff2498
      @prophetmaff2498 Před 2 lety

      @@RobertK1993 United Ireland would mean economic and social collapse with undoubtedly another wave of conflict. Bizarre to think anybody supposedly wants one.

  • @stpat7614
    @stpat7614 Před 7 lety +2

    Northern Ireland's George Wallace?

  • @katerinafitzridley3992

    Godbless you Reverend Paisley: enjoy heaven, you've earned it.

  • @Pkia-tm7gw
    @Pkia-tm7gw Před 5 lety

    Happy Birthday 'BIG MAN'!
    Don't be giving out to St.Peter.🤣☘

  • @Noms_Chompsky
    @Noms_Chompsky Před 3 lety

    Maybe Satan's little nephew made it to Heaven since he was a peacemaker and all, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

    • @jamesbaker3365
      @jamesbaker3365 Před 3 lety +2

      He always made me laugh did Big Ian, better by far than most comedians.God bless him.

  • @danielskomp9072
    @danielskomp9072 Před 18 dny +1

    PEACE CAME TO IRELAND

  • @oscarrivera8660
    @oscarrivera8660 Před 10 lety +9

    I love this man....brave man of God

    • @danielskomp9072
      @danielskomp9072 Před 18 dny

      NOT MY GOD

    • @henriettagoldsmith5056
      @henriettagoldsmith5056 Před dnem

      ​@@danielskomp9072 Think again.😮😮😮. There is only 1 God
      The Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth...
      Repent and be saved. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏